Written Answers Friday 11 July 2008

Scottish Executive

Housing

Jim Tolson (Dunfermline West) (LD): To ask the Scottish Executive what the (a) expenditure and (b) unit approvals in the Affordable Housing Investment Programme were for (i) each local authority area and (ii) Scotland for 2007-08, also showing the distribution of investment for (A) registered social landlords for rented accommodation, (B) registered social landlords for low cost home ownership, (C) other suppliers, (D) new council housing, (E) Glasgow Housing Association’s costs, (F) mortgage-to-rent schemes, (G) Open Market Shared Equity and (H) other programmes.

Stewart Maxwell: Expenditure and unit approvals in the Affordable Housing Investment Programme for 2007-08 by local authority area is set out in the following table:

  

 Local Authority 
 2007-08
Expenditure Total
 2007-08
Approvals Total


 Development Programme
£ Million
 


 Highlands and Islands
 
 


 Highland
 37.802
 536


 Orkney
 7.007
 94


 Shetland
 5.728
 45


 Western Isles
 7.698
 35


 Total
 58.235
 710


 Grampian
 
 


 Aberdeenshire*
 9.202
 692


 City of Aberdeen*
 4.232
 671


 Moray*
 14.742
 250


 Total
 28.176
 1613


 Tayside and Forth Valley
 
 


 Angus
 8.108
 86


 City of Dundee
 17.606
 52


 Perth and Kinross
 14.989
 114


 Clackmannanshire
 2.616
 71


 Falkirk
 4.063
 115


 Stirling
 9.067
 15


 Total
 56.449
 453


 Lothian, Borders and Fife (excl City of Edinburgh)
 
 


 East Lothian
 4.836
 69


 Fife
 25.957
 302


 Midlothian
 6.568
 39


 The Scottish Borders
 8.790
 76


 West Lothian
 4.413
 100


 Total
 50.564
 586


 City of Edinburgh
 38.601
 625


 South and West Scotland
 
 


 Dumfries and Galloway
 16.728
 187


 East Ayrshire
 12.679
 104


 North Ayrshire
 10.256
 68


 North Lanarkshire
 20.418
 233


 South Ayrshire
 3.552
 180


 South Lanarkshire
 23.694
 334


 Total
 87.237
 1106


 Argyll and Clyde
 
 


 Argyll and Bute
 21.920
 183


 West Dunbartonshire
 8.463
 38


 East Dunbartonshire
 8.728
 1


 Inverclyde
 20.827
 101


 Renfrewshire
 22.415
 219


 East Renfrewshire
 3.324
 58


 Total
 85.677
 600


 Glasgow
 83.000
 1500


 GHA
 63.297
 239


 2nd Stage Transfers
 0.248
 -


 LIFT: Shared Equity Open Market Pilot
 29.838
 434


 Mortgage to Rent
 9.433
 161


 Other Programmes incl NHP Debt Servicing
 3.412
 


 Total
 594.257
 8027


 Adjustments from 2006-07
 
 -10


 Total
 594.257
 8017



  Note: *One thousand, five hundred and sixty-three houses were approved in a four year programme for the Devanha group of local registered social landlords starting in 2007. This covers all planned starts in Aberdeen City in 2008-09 and most planned starts in Aberdeenshire and Moray in 2008-09.

  The distribution of the 2007-08 Affordable Housing Investment Programme expenditure split into the categories requested is as follows:

  

 
 Expenditure


 RSL Rent 
 400.242


 RSL LCHO 
 50.743


 Other Suppliers
 5.048


 New Council Housing
 0


 GHA Costs 
 63.297


 Mortgage to Rent 
 9.433


 Shared Equity Open Market Pilot
 29.838


 Other Programmes 
 35.656


 Total 
 594.257



  The original approved programme was £584 million. An extra £10 million of funding was allocated during the course of the financial year, resulting in actual spend of over £594 million.

Sport

Jamie McGrigor (Highlands and Islands) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking to increase participation in rowing among young people to build on the success of those who are currently excelling in the sport.

Stewart Maxwell: The Scottish Government is committed to increasing participation in sport across the whole population and recognises the importance of young people being able to access a range of sports activities to develop and improve the skills required that will enable them to enjoy sport throughout their lives.

  However, it must be recognised that the Scottish governing body, in this case, Scottish Rowing and their clubs, are the lead in developing their sport.

  The Scottish Government, through sportscotland, has made significant funding and support available to Scottish Rowing to help develop their sport and make it accessible to young people.

  Additionally, there is work through Active Schools in introducing children to the sport of rowing. The latest period that figures are available is 2006-07 which show that the Active Schools Network (across primary and secondary) delivered the following participant sessions in rowing:

  Term 1 – 3,691

  Term 2 – 3,331

  Term 3 – 2,912.

Student Finance

Claire Baker (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive how much student support it (a) provided in each of the last three years and (b) will provide over each of the next three years to (i) full-time undergraduate, (ii) part-time undergraduate, (ii) full-time postgraduate, (iii) part-time postgraduate and (iv) all students, also broken down by average amount per student.

Maureen Watt: The amount of student support provided to each of the four student groups and the average amount per student in the past three academic years was:

  

 Academic Year
 2004-05


 Level of Study
Mode of Study
Number of Students
Amount of Support (£000)
Average (mean) Support (£)


 Undergraduate
 Full-time
 115,445
 397,630
 3,444


 Part-time
 780
 847
 1,083


 All Undergraduates
 116,225
 398,477
 3,428


 Postgraduate
 4,290
 18,991
 4,429


 All Students
 120,525
 417,511
 3,464



  

 Academic Year
 2005-06


 Level of Study
Mode of Study
Number of Students
Amount of Support (£000)
Average (mean) Support (£)


 Undergraduate
 Full-time
 115,305
 400,005
 3,469


 Part-time
 835
 876
 1,050


 All Undergraduates
 116,140
 400,881
 3,452


 Postgraduate
 5,080
 22,713
 4,469


 All Students
 121,235
 423,648
 3,494



  

 Academic Year
 2006-07


 Level of Study
Mode of Study
Number of Students
Amount of Support (£000s)
Average (mean) Support (£)


 Undergraduate
 Full-time
 116,095
 415,348
 3,578


 Part-time
 795
 858
 1,082


 All Undergraduates
 116,890
 416,206
 3,561


 Postgraduate
 5,065
 24,488
 4,834


 All Students
 121,990
 440,829
 3,614



  Source for all tables: Student Awards Agency for Scotland (SAAS)

  All student numbers have been rounded to the nearest five. Monetary amounts are rounded to the nearest 1,000.

  A full-time/part-time split is not available for postgraduate students.

  Although the average support for part-time undergraduate students is around £1,100 in each year, the majority of such students (72-73%) receive £500 in financial support from SAAS. The average however includes the Disabled Student’s Allowance (DSA) payable to some students.

  "Support" refers to tuition fees (or tuition fee loans for those studying elsewhere in the UK) and/or awards and/or maintenance loans.

  These tables do not include students on the Nursing and Midwifery Bursary Scheme. Academic year 2006-07 is latest for which data from SAAS is available.

  Spending plans for the three financial years 2008-9 to 2010-11 are set out in the Scottish Budget Spending Review 2007, table 22.04 published on the internet at:

  www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2007/11/13092240/0.

  The figures include the new support for part-time students to be introduced from autumn 2008 at a cost of £12/£13/£13 million for the three years of the plan. Projected spend is not disaggregated for the categories requested.

Correction

The reply to question S3W-14185 which was originally answered on 19 July 2008, has been corrected: see page 3776 or http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/business/pqa/wa-08/wa0708.htm.